Nawang, a trans-tibial amputee, is a native of Tapting in the Himalayan region of Solukhumbu in Nepal.
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During the April 2006 Friendship Beyond Borders expedition, Nawang made a partial ascent of the sixth highest peak in the world, Cho Oyu, on the Nepal-Tibet border about 12 miles from Mount Everest.
Sherpa people | Short C-23 Sherpa | Pasang Lhamu Sherpa | Nawang Khechog | Nawang Kapadia | Dachhiri Sherpa |